SANTA ANA, Calif. — A grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others when a minivan smashed into their car last month.

Orange County prosecutors said Andrew Gallo was indicted Wednesday on three counts of murder and three other felonies for the April 9 crash.

Gallo already faced similar charges, but prosecutors said the indictment will help expedite the case by skipping the preliminary hearing. Gallo had nearly triple the legal blood-alcohol level when his minivan ran a red light and crashed in Fullerton, according to police.

Adenhart died hours after he made his season debut by pitching six scoreless innings. Two others also were killed and a third was critically injured.

Garciaparra back on DL

OAKLAND, Calif. — Athletics first baseman Nomar Garciaparra is back on the disabled list with the same calf injury that already sidelined him three weeks.

The A’s activated Garciaparra from his first DL stint Friday only to see him start two games against the Diamondbacks, then go back on the DL.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera missed New York’s game against the Rangers with a strained right shoulder.

Manager Joe Girardi said Cabrera could be out until Monday night’s series finale against the Indians.

“We’re going to call it day to day, but it’s probably going to be more than a day or two,” Girardi said. “I don’t necessarily think it will be a DL thing.”

Footnotes.

The Angels placed reliever Scot Shields on the DL because of patellar tendinitis in his left knee.

• Orioles pitcher Koji Uehara (hamstring) went on the DL.

• Right-hander Daniel Cabrera was cut by the Nationals after starting the season 0-5 with a 5.85 ERA.

• Reds right-hander Edinson Volquez threw in the bullpen and had no problems with his back, leaving him on target to start Monday in St. Louis.

• Royals manager Trey Hillman was suspended one game by Major League Baseball for spitting in plate umpire Paul Emmel’s eye Monday, something Hillman said was entirely accidental if it happened at all.

• Indians owner Larry Dolan has been hospitalized after what team officials termed a mild heart attack.

When New England won the toss, Patriots captain Devin McCourty thought: “As soon as I saw it was heads, I was like: I’ve seen this before. I know what happens at the end of this one.” Does the NFL need to change its overtime rules?

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, despite being the only center among the NBA’s top 10 in assists per game (7.7) while leading also leading the Northwest division leaders in scoring (19.6 per game) and rebounding (10.0 per contest), ranked No. 7 among Western Conference frontcourt players in the NBA All-Star Game fan voting (1.128 million votes) as of Jan. 17.